Something Old to Something New

I forgot to share this little gem. 

Months and months ago when we lived at our old house I found this cute little cabinet at an estate sale. I loved it. Plus, the guy that was having the estate sale told me that it was his sisters 50 years ago and that she used it as a toy kitchen. Once you know the story of something it makes it entirely more interesting, plus, I thought it was cute. Then I realized that I didn't really have anywhere for it to go. But I thought that maybe, I could paint it and replace this white cabinet that I had against the wall.

That was the plan anyways....

Welp. Like most things in life, it didn't quite happen that way. 

We moved and I still had this dirty little cabinet, with no where for it to go. I debated on selling it.

Then one day while we were working on the downstairs bathroom I got a wild hair and decided to paint it. We were thinking that it may be a good addition to the downstairs bathroom (prior to deciding on a vanity).

So I used my trusty Krud Kutter to give it a good wipe down.

Yeah...it was gross. Dripping yellow? How does that even happen?

Then I gave it a good quick sanding, and decided that I was going to spray paint it. It was going to be quick and painless. At least that is what I tell myself.

One thing I know? Mixing even remotely cold air, and spray paint doesn't work. Spray paint will bubble if it is too cold outside.

So I was left with a cabinet that looked like it has leprosy and so I stashed it in the garage until I had the strength to deal with it again.

That time came when I was painting the vanity. I wanted the cabinet to have a shiny finish and I was already using oil based paint for the vanity so it seemed like the easy choice.

After a few coats of paint and some caulking in the spaces (the left bottom side is caulked and the bottom right isn't. Crazy that by doing something so easy it makes it look way more finished.) it was done.

Only hiccup? I had no where for it to go.

I tried a couple of options but they didn't seem to pan out quite the way I had hoped.

In our living room I had the same white cabinet so adding another white cabinet seemed like overkill.

Then inspiration struck.

I moved the white cabinet downstairs to hold all of our blankets. 

Our downstairs gets cold so we need cuddling blankets, and you can never have enough fort building blankets. The white cabinet happens to be great at hiding and storing them.

And...the new white cabinet finally had a home.

It holds my vintage Pyrex dishes

and my pink depression glass.

The paint finish? Just as shiny and smooth as I wanted it to be.

Moral of the story?

Inexpensive furniture + paint = not too shabby.

The nice thing about redoing a piece of furniture is, if in a couple of years I decide that I just don't want it any more, then it isn't that big of a deal. I bought it for $10 so it is easier to get rid of.